“Okay…” Lara turned and smiled sweetly at Frank, the way she looked at him having clearly changed. After daybreak, both she and Sylvie were discharged as they had no further issues following checkups. They had breakfast together at a nearby restaurant before returning to the tomb.
The construction team had already arrived, and Sylvie instructed them on where to dig.
However, after clearing the surface level, they had a problem when they reached the lower passageway.
It turned out that the structure on the lower level had a delicate design, and they would need to blow up the columns keeping the roof up with dynamite if they wanted to dig deeper. But if they blew up said columns, the entire tomb would collapse too!
After weighing her options, Sylvie decided to allow the construction team to head inside the tomb to examine the column structure.
Just as she expected, the support was perfect and would last a few more decades.
“Alright, then let’s head down!” she said, steeling herself to head indirectly.
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